Crazy Foods

Spaghetti in a taco? Yes, it's flinch inducing to adults but it's the hottest dish out there amongst tweens. Thanks to the show "iCarly" twelve year olds are putting pasta and sauce between a Mexican classic. It;s a popular dish on the show and kids are literally gobbling it up.

The dish made the front page of today's Dining Section of the New York Times. it was written by Helene Stapinski who may or may not have a tween herself. It's a simple enough dish. Warm up hard taco shells, boil spaghetti and the put the tow together. Top with tomato sauce , spices and the typical taco toppings such as sour cream, shredded lettuce chopped tomatoes and cheese. Kids even love making it which is a good step towards cooking.

Spaghetti and tacos is not a new combination. There is a generation out there that adores refried spaghetti on Wonder bread. A friend of mine still loves this even though he's in his sixties. I guess it was the number one food of his childhood (and like cats we have a lifelong love of certain tastes call it the foods of our kitten hood.) There's also spaghetti soup which is like a runnier version of pasta and sauce. Spaghetti goes well with everything, even Mexican.

Will I ever try this? No I love Mexican food.I love Italian food. I do not , however,like the two combined.